IUCN status: Vulnerable
EPBC Predator Threat Rating: High
IUCN claim: “Predation by Red Foxes (moderate)”
Hastings River mouse remains were found in foxes’ diet (Meek & Triggs 1999).
No studies
There are no studies linking cats to Hastings River mouse
populations.
Current submission (2023) Scant evidence that introduced predators cause extinctions.
EPBC. (2015) Threat Abatement Plan for Predation by Feral Cats. Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, Department of Environment, Government of Australia. (Table A1).
IUCN Red List. https://www.iucnredlist.org/ Accessed June 2023
Meek, P.D. and Triggs, B., 1999. A record of Hastings River Mouse (Pseudomys oralis) in a fox (Vulpes vulpes) scat from New South Wales. In Proceedings-Linnean Society of New South Wales (Vol. 121, pp. 193-197). Linnean Society of New South Wales.